10.-21.2.2019 daily KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz a.o. |
Besides daily concerts and various other presentations (please check this festival offers day per day) impuls also holds a daily program with LECTURES, WORKSHOPS + DISCUSSIONS
Access for external listeners for most of these offers possible, but advance reservation necessary (unless marked as free admission)! Please contact office(at)impuls(dot)cc. In English unless indicated differently.
Updates to follow on a permanent basis ... Have a look at first preview below:
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February 11th, 2019 10.30-12.30 15.00-17.30 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Dmitri Kourliandski
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 11th, 2019 11.00-13.00 |
Reading-Sessions with zone expérimentale basel Coached by Mike Svoboda
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 11th, 2019 12.30-14.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Piano Preparation Workshop for composers and instrumentalists
Andreas Orasch is not only a piano maker and piano tuner at KUG, but also for pianists such as Markus Schirmer. At impuls he will first give an introduction to preparation methods and possibilities on the piano and then answer all your questions. Please bring along your own works that ask for preparation or also works by other composers with similar needs. No matter whether you are composer or musician: in case of interest to join this workshop please let us know by sending a short e-mail to office(at)impuls(dot)cc (subject: Piano Preparation).
Everyone intending to use pianos during impuls (be it pianists or for example also composers) are asked to sign up and join the workshop in any case.
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 11th, 2019 15.00-17.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Frank Gratkowski and Reinhold Friedl Lecture by and discussion
With their introductory lecture Reinhold Friedl and Frank Gratkowski give a brief overview on the discussions on improvisation and the range of their manifestations with a special focus on improvisational practices since the 1960s.
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February 12th, 2019 10.00-12.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Isabel Mundry Lecture Composition as articulation of listening
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February 12th, 2019 15.00-17.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Surviving as a composer? Doris Weberberger (mica - music austria) in conversation with composer, ensemble and festival director Matthias Kranebitter
Working as a composer not only takes place behind closed doors, but also requires a high degree of self-organization and networking in order to bring one's own pieces to performance. How do composers approach organisers and how important are (informal) networks? Doris Weberberger (mica - music austria) talks to Matthias Kranebitter, who is not only a composer himself, but also the founder and director of the Ensemble Black Page Orchestra and the Unsafe + Sounds festival. He also held the IGNM presidency (Austrian sectioin of the ISCM) in 2018. With his diverse functions and experience, he provides practical and helpful information.
free admission
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February 13th, 2019 10.00-12.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Clara Iannotta, Mirela Ivičević, Simon Løffler, Julien Malaussena, Joan Gómez Alemany, Yoav Levy Discussion on New Compositions on Peter Tscherkassky´s CinemaScope Trilogy (see also 12.2.)
free admission
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February 13th, 2019 15.00-17.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Beat Furrer Lecture Violetter Schnee
In his lecture Beat Furrer will give an insight into his most recent opera „Violetter Schnee“ premiered at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin in January 2019 and hereby also talk about his personal approach to music theatre nowadays.
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February 14th, 2019 10.00-12.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Bernhard Gander Lecture Transgressive techniques using the example "Take Death" and other compositions
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February 14th, 2019 10.00-14.00 KUG . MUMUTH 3rd floor Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz
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Reading-Sessions with IEMA Ensemble Coached by Johannes Schwarz
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 14th, 2019 15.00-17.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstrasse 15, 8010 Graz
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Dmitri Kourliandski Lecture Before the sound
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February 14th, 2019 18.00-19.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Johannes Schwarz Digital soundlibrary for instruments Lecture and discussion The approximately 40-minute lecture is based on the following points and questions and will lead to an open discussion about: - the several steps that lead from an audio collection to a digital soundlibrary
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February 15th, 2019 10.00-12.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Pierluigi Billone Lecture Notes: Some reflections about sound
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February 15th, 2019 10.00-15.00 KUG . MUMUTH 3rd floor Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz
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Reading-Sessions with IEMA Ensemble coached by Johannes Schwarz |
February 15th, 2019 13.00-16.00 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Clara Iannotta
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 15th, 2019 16.00-17.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Johannes Schwarz Bassoon playing techniques in contemporary music Presentation workshop especially for bassoonists, woodwinds and composers Johannes Schwarz, member of ensemble modern and tutoring at the impuls Academy for the first time, presents certain possibilities, techniques and problems that are repeatedly encountered in the field of new music with the instrument bassoon. These include i.a. quarter tones, glissandi, multiphonics, but also microphoning and playing techniques in relation with amplification as well as possibilities of notations, including both positive and negative examples. Special playing techniques are also presented along specific compositions by Berio, Poppe, Billone, Wesselmann, Holliger and many more.
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 16th, 2019 10.-12.30 14.30-17.00 KUG . MUMUTH rehearsal room Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz
12.30-14.30 Lunch at Pastis |
Reading-sessions with Klangforum Wien Ilan Volkov conductor
Klangforum Wien and Ilan Volkov offer a full day with reading-sessions for young composer participants of the impuls Academy, where, amongst others, questions on formal and esthetic aspects, notation and instrumentation are discussed.
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 16th, 2019 15.00-17.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Robin Minard Lecture Composing silence
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February 17th, 2019 10.00-12.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Meet the Composers Nuno Costa | Timothy McCormack | Jung-Eun Park | Chris Swithinbank | Hakan Ulus Ilan Volkov moderation
Presentations and discussions with the composers of the impuls commissions after their premieres on 15.2.
free admission
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February 17th, 2019 11.00 Forum Stadtpark Stadtpark 1 8010 Graz
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Radiokulturcafé am Sonntag - Radio Helsinki Talk with Simon Løffler |
February 17th, 2019 15.00-17.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Alberto Posadas Lecture The musical instrument and external models in compositional practice
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February 18th, 2019 10.00-12.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Contemporary Art Scene in Iran Presentation by Martyna Kosecka and Idin Samimi Mofakham
Iranian contemporary music, opposite to the traditional and folklore art, is still quite undiscovered in the world. It is not due to the lack of Iranian composers writing new music, but rather because of the lack of promotion and being out in the circle of the world events, which means especially European musical scenes. Alfred Jean-Baptiste Lemaire, a French military musician and composer, who came to Iran in 1868, introduced western classical music theory to Iranians. However, the military music school was already opened in at 1851, and since then western classical music in Iran had started to rapidly develop. This lead to creation of the first generation of composers and the evolution and fusion of compositional techniques with western musical legacy through a century until today. The lecture will present contemporary music scene in Iran before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and introduce the most important movements in Iranian modern and experimental art, like Tehran Contemporary Music Festival among many. Music by Alireza Mashayekhi, Fuzieh Majd, Arshia Samsaminia, Martyna Kosecka, Idin Samimi Mofakham and many others will be presented during the lecture.
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February 18th, 2019 15.00-17.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Agata Zubel Lecture On voice - new compositions
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February 18th, 2019 19.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
New instruments – Can composers still ask for new instruments? Round Table with Volkmar Klien (sound artist, composer, professor for computer music and electroacoustic composition / Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz) | Ernst Kovacic (conductor, violinist, teacher, chairman of the executive board / Ernst Krenek Institut Privatstiftung) | Michael Maierhof (composer, performer) | Isabel Mundry (composer, professor for composition / Züricher Hochschule der Künste & Hochschule für Musik und Theater München) Astrid Schwarz moderation
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free admission | in English language impuls in cooperation with Ernst Krenek Institut
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February 19th, 2019 10.00-13.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz 10:00-11:45 Presentation: open for everyone 11:45-12:30 Workshop: maximum: 10 active participants, requirements: none; experience with electronic music welcomed (first come first serve)
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Modular synthesizer of Donald Buchla Presentation & workshop by Volkmar Klien
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free admission | in English impuls in cooperation with Ernst Krenek Institut
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February 19th, 2019 10.00-13.00 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Isabel Mundry
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 19th, 2019 13.00-16.00 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Mark Andre
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 19th, 2019 15.00-17.30 Forum Stadtpark Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz |
Special Workshop with Nimikry (Contemporary Pop Duo with Alessandro Baticci and composer and violist Rafal Zalech)
The Austrian-based duo Nimikry has been researching in the field of augmented instruments for several years now. The emphasis hereby lies on optimal transformation of instrumental materiality into digital values.
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 20th, 2019 10.00-12.00 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Dmitri Kourliandski
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 20th, 2019 10.00-14.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Alessandro Baticci Workshop Flute and Amplification Techniques (specifically for flutists)
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 20th, 2019 15.00-17.00 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Mark Andre Lecture the compositional shadows, interstices of disappearing: "üg" for ensemble & electronics and "hij2" for 24 singers & electronics |
February 21st, 2019 10.00-12.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Michael Maierhof Lecture Oscillating system
As we know from physics, systems donnot necessarily need to be static ones. So if you for example connect two different oscillations, you will get an "oscillating system" /"schwingendes System". In my lecture I will a.o. give examples of interactions and interferences in my musical and multimedia works.
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February 21st, 2019 12.00-14.00 KUG . Aula Brandhofg. 21, 8010 Graz |
On Percussion . Masterclass for Composers Workshop with Christian Dierstein
Besides his class for percussionists Christian Dierstein will give an additional Masterclass, that will put a special emphasis on new techniques for percussionists as well as specialities of music-theatrical forms. Specially for composer participants of impuls 2019 Mr. Dierstein will thematize particular new techniques on percussion-instruments as well as striking techniques and tools. Besides he will also be talking about the new book „The Techniques of Percussion Playing. Mallets, Implements and Applications“ (Bärenreiter Verlag). Please announce your interest on registration or by sending an e-mail to office(at)impuls(dot)cc (subject: Percussion Masterclass). First come first serve.
Open only for impuls participants!
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February 21st, 2019 15.00-17.30 KUG . Kleiner Saal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz |
Jour fix Meeting for composers + instrumentalists accompanied by Alberto Posadas
Open only for participants of impuls!
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February 21st, 2019 15.00-17.30 KUG . Florentinersaal Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz
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Jorge Sánchez-Chiong Lecture Between/beyond electric, acoustic, & transmedial music |
February 21st, 2019 18.45-19.15 KUG . MUMUTH Foyer 1st Floor Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz |
MUMUTH Lounge - Conducting & Contemporary Pre-program to the concert
Ulla Pilz talks with Peter Rundel and Ernst Kovacic about the special challenges of conducting Contempoary Music |